bûcher

See also: bucher, Bucher, and Bücher

French

Alternative forms
  • bucher ((1990 reform spelling))

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /by.ʃe/

Etymology 1

From bûche +‎ -er.

Noun

bûcher m (plural bûchers)

  1. woodshed (enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood)
  2. pyre (funeral pile; combustible heap on which corpses are burned)
  3. stake (pile of wood on which a person condemned to death is burned)
  4. (in the plural) the flames of Hell

Etymology 2

From bûche +‎ -er.

Verb

bûcher

  1. to hew
  2. (informal) to slug away, to hit the books
Conjugation
Conjugation of bûcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bûcher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bûchant
/by.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bûché
/by.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bûche
/byʃ/		 bûches
/byʃ/		 bûche
/byʃ/		 bûchons
/by.ʃɔ̃/		 bûchez
/by.ʃe/		 bûchent
/byʃ/
imperfect bûchais
/by.ʃɛ/		 bûchais
/by.ʃɛ/		 bûchait
/by.ʃɛ/		 bûchions
/by.ʃjɔ̃/		 bûchiez
/by.ʃje/		 bûchaient
/by.ʃɛ/
past historic2 bûchai
/by.ʃe/		 bûchas
/by.ʃa/		 bûcha
/by.ʃa/		 bûchâmes
/by.ʃam/		 bûchâtes
/by.ʃat/		 bûchèrent
/by.ʃɛʁ/
future bûcherai
/byʃ.ʁe/		 bûcheras
/byʃ.ʁa/		 bûchera
/byʃ.ʁa/		 bûcherons
/byʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 bûcherez
/byʃ.ʁe/		 bûcheront
/byʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bûcherais
/byʃ.ʁɛ/		 bûcherais
/byʃ.ʁɛ/		 bûcherait
/byʃ.ʁɛ/		 bûcherions
/by.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 bûcheriez
/by.ʃə.ʁje/		 bûcheraient
/byʃ.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bûche
/byʃ/		 bûches
/byʃ/		 bûche
/byʃ/		 bûchions
/by.ʃjɔ̃/		 bûchiez
/by.ʃje/		 bûchent
/byʃ/
imperfect2 bûchasse
/by.ʃas/		 bûchasses
/by.ʃas/		 bûchât
/by.ʃa/		 bûchassions
/by.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 bûchassiez
/by.ʃa.sje/		 bûchassent
/by.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bûche
/byʃ/		 — bûchons
/by.ʃɔ̃/		 bûchez
/by.ʃe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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